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United Way of the Bay Area is on a mission to cut poverty in half by 2020.

Leveling the Playing Field
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Poverty The Strongest Factor In Whether High School Graduates Go To College
huffingtonpost.com - Rebecca Klein
Students from high-poverty public schools are less likely to attend college than those from wealthier ones, regardless of whether they're from urban, …
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California students in high-poverty schools lose learning time, study says
Los Angeles Times - Teresa Watanabe
California high schools with high-poverty students lose nearly two weeks of learning time annually because of teacher absences, testing, emergency lockdowns and other disruptions compared with their more affluent peers in other schools, according to a new UCLA study. Although public schools …
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The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps
americanprogress.org
Our nation is currently experiencing growing levels of income and wealth inequality, which are contributing to longstanding racial and ethnic gaps in …
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/nyregion/community-college-students-face-a-very-long-road-to-graduation.html
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Oct 6, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/why-poor-students-struggle.html
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Sep 22, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/upshot/a-national-admissions-office-for-low-income-strivers.html?abg=1&abt=0002
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Sep 16, 2014